Creating another partition other than the only C:\ partition

Although when you purchase a new Laptop it comes with a Hard Disk partitioned as one partition called "C:\", it's very helpful to create another one or two, or more partitions. This way, you can save your Data on those other partitions. Thus when we need to format the main partition for various reasons, our data is intact (most of the time, unless physical damage occurs).

This un-allocated space can be used to create an extra partition (or more than one partition if you like)

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Depending on your space amount, and your need, you can create more than one partition. After clicking on "Create Partition", the window of partition properties where you can set the following: Partition Name, New Drive Letter (those are others than actually available), File System (FAT, FAT32, NTFS...etc.), Cluster Size (best to leave it as default).

Bottom part of the window (above picture), determines the size of the partition you are creating, if you leave an unallocated space, you can use that space to create another partition, other than the one you are creating now.

Please note that this is in megabytes (MB) and not in gigabytes (GB). 1000 MB is equivalent to 1 GB. You may need to select a drive letter from A to Z. You can choose any letter, as long as it's not been occupied by other drives.

Adding a Partition on Windows 8

There are two ways to add a partition on a Windows 8 computer. Like with Windows 7 and Vista, you can use Disk Management, as described above. Or you can use a software application called AOMEI Partition Assistant. You can get it from this LINK HERE. This program can also be applied to Windows 7. Instructions for using this program are as follows:

Adding a Partition on a Windows XP

There are two ways to add a partition on Windows XP. As with the other Windows systems, you can go to Disk Management, as described above. Or you can use command prompt. Here is how to use command prompt:

Tips Tricks & Warnings

This process is highly critical, and you should make sure you have charged your Laptop battery completely, or that you have a USB attached to your PC. Most of the time, the program can recover from a loss of power, yet sometimes it does not. So it's better be safe than sorry.

You can do several changes during one process, such as create two new partitions, change the size of an existing partition, or merge two partitions. When you are finished any of these, press the "Apply" button on top tool bar.

Depending on the changes you made, sometimes a reboot is needed.

When you merge partitions, the first partition you select will be merged with the second one, and the content of the second will be moved into a folder in the first partition.